Everyone wants to see N.D. out, but they deserved to be in. Conference or no conference. We got a New Years Bowl against a good team. Go Lions. The only thing I would have changed is put Michigan against Georgia, and Fla. against Texas.
The CFPC got it right. The 4 best teams got in.
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I didn't check the matchups other than ours and the playoffs but I won't argue the playoff teams. All OSU had to do was lose close and I think they would be in.
If Oklahoma, OSU, and Georgia were all to play one another I'm confident that Oklahoma would be the underdog against both. So I think they got it completely wrong.....time will tell though.
I don't quite understand the controversy. Oklahoma had one loss which they rectified.
OSU was blown out by Purdue.
The other two teams are undefeated.
SEC is built on hype.
There is no good case for any of the other teams to be in. UGA just lost to Alabama.
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A team that beat Pitt by 5 and 4-8 Ball State by 8, both at home, doesn’t deserve to be in the CFP. Any top 10 team would blow the doors off those teams. See the beatings Pitt took from PSU, CF and Clemson. Ball State lost to Ohio and Toledo by over 30 and the week after giving ND all they could handle they lost to Indiana by 28. ND is as big a fraud as I have ever seen.
You can't base the selection on one game. Sure, Georgia pushed Alabama. They looked like a top 4 team. But you can't forget that they got killed by LSU. It's like basing our ranking based on gut reaction after the Ohio State game. You could argue that we were better than them. Unfortunately, you can't forget that we lost to MSU and got killed by Michigan.
I think they get it right most years. Expanding the playoffs doesn’t get better teams in, It just gets more teams in and minimizes the other bowls. OSU still goes to the Rose Bowl which is a big deal for any team.
What the Big10 needs to do is to look at their conference alignment, and 9 game schedule, as Franklin suggests, in order to make it easier for a team to be a champion with either 0 or 1 loss, and make it to the CFP.
What the Big10 needs to do is to look at their conference alignment, and 9 game schedule, as Franklin suggests, in order to make it easier for a team to be a champion with either 0 or 1 loss, and make it to the CFP.
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Oklahoma's defense is terrible. But they only lost to a solid TX team, which they eventually beat. OSU and GA are both better teams, but it was easier to justify keeping them out. That's what it's all about with the not-so-obvious choices. But regardless of team 4, I'm glad this year's team 3 got a shot they wouldn't have under all prior systems. They deserved it, even though I don't think they'd beat most of the top ten right now.
BTW: anyone who wants to expand the CFP should hope UCF takes it to LSU. Imagine 1-loss P5 teams like OK and OSU watching a G5 team someday make it in PLUS multiple SEC (this year ACC) teams in the 4-team playoff...
I think the committee changes the rules each year to fit their bias. When you have 4 teams, you need to make excuses to eliminate teams out of the remaining 126. It would be better if they eliminated themselves on the field. Until they get a format with more on field comparisons, it's the same as the MNC days. It's just a popularity contest to find the best 4 teams rather than 2. It may be even harder to justify 4 than 2.
I'm fine with the 4 they picked, but I can't say Ohio State or even Michigan wouldn't beat any them any given week. Teams change throughout the year, even week to week.
And... do college football fans want to see Clemson and Alabama every year?
I'm fine with the 4 they picked, but I can't say Ohio State or even Michigan wouldn't beat any them any given week. Teams change throughout the year, even week to week.
And... do college football fans want to see Clemson and Alabama every year?
Just because they had another chance to play the same team doesn't mean their loss should be forgiven. I'm sure OSU would have loved to play Purdue again in the B10 Championship game. A better argument is that OU only had one loss and it was close.
